The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is pleased to announce the following award recipient for the Training and Online Training Development Awards.

The purpose of the training award program is to improve health professionals’, librarians’ and the public’s skills in accessing electronic health information and to foster partnerships between health sciences librarians and health professionals, the public and other librarians.Congratulations all!

Training Award Recipients

• MedlinePlus, PubMed, TOXNET and Clinical Trials.gov “Summer School” classes
  Rochester Regional Library Council, Fairport, NY
  Barbara Ciambor
• What can the 21^st Century Library Offer to Mental Health Practitioners in Rural Areas?
  SUNY Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library, Syracuse, NY
  Diane Luft
• What can the 21^st Century Library Offer to Mental Health Practitioners in Rural Areas? (two awards)
  SUNY Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library, Syracuse, NY
  Brad Long
• How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet
  Northland Public Library, Pittsburgh, PA
  Susan Shea

Online Training Development Award

• Using Wikis in Education
  The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
  Mary Jo Dorsey

And with thanks to the Outreach Committee* who served as reviewers for the awards:

Chair: Valerie Gross, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Pennsylvania

• Marie Ascher, New York Medical College
• Christine DeGoyler, University of Rochester
• Jeff Garvey, Samaritan Medical Center
• PJ Grier, Delaware Academy of Medicine
• Linda Hasman, SUNY Buffalo
• Nancy Henry, Pennsylvania State University
• Diane Luft, SUNY Upstate
• Michelle McIntyre, Roaring Spring Community Library
• Jennifer Melinn, Mental Health Association of SE PA
• Maureen O’Connor, Queens Borough Public Library
• Eileen Smith, Frankford School of Nursing

[*Applications by committee members were reviewed by a subset of the committee and scored using a standard review sheet.]

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